Ghola Noapara


Ghola Noapara is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Usthi police station in the Magrahat I CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography

Area overview

Diamond Harbour subdivision is a rural subdivision with patches of urbanization. Only 14.61% of the population lives in the urban areas and an overwhelming 85.39% lives in the rural areas. In the eastern portion of the subdivision

Location

Ghola Noapara is located at
Usthi, Ghola Noapara, Barijpur and Uttar Kusum form a cluster of census towns in the Magrahat I CD block. Uttar Bishnupur, Kalikapota and Bamna are a little away from this cluster. This is as per the map of the Magrahat I CD block on page 445 in the District Census Handbook for the South 24 Parganas.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Ghola Noapara had a total population of 6,210 of which 3,252 were males and 2,958 were females. There were 1,062 persons in the age range of 0-6 years. The total number of literate persons in Ghola Noapara was 3,839.

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Ghola Noapara covered an area of 0.9306 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 435 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities, it had 1 dispensary/ health centre, 1 family welfare centre, 1 veterinary hospital, 1 charitable hospital/ nursing home and 3 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had were 2 primary schools, 1 secondary school, the nearest senior secondary school at Uttar Kusum 2 km away.

Transport

Ghola Noapara is on the Usthi-Magrahat Road.

Education

Ghola Noapara Girls High Madrasa is a Bengali-medium girls only institution established in 1969. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII.

Healthcare

Baneswarpur Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, at Baneswarpur is the major government medical facility in the Magrahat I CD block.